purchase-server-8gb.js

/** @param {NS} ns */
export async function main(ns) {
    // How much RAM each purchased server will have. In this case, it'll
    // be 8GB.
    const ram = 8;

    // Iterator we'll use for our loop
    let i = 0;

    // Continuously try to purchase servers until we've reached the maximum
    // amount of servers
    while (i < ns.getPurchasedServerLimit()) {
        // Check if we have enough money to purchase a server
        let cost = ns.getPurchasedServerCost(ram);
        let money = ns.getServerMoneyAvailable("home");
        ns.print("Needed: ", cost , " Available: ", money);
        if (money > cost) {
            // If we have enough money, then:
            //  1. Purchase the server
            //  2. Copy our hacking script onto the newly-purchased server
            //  3. Run our hacking script on the newly-purchased server with 3 threads
            //  4. Increment our iterator to indicate that we've bought a new server
            let hostname = ns.purchaseServer("pserv-" + i, ram);
            ns.scp("early-hack-template.js", hostname);
            ns.exec("early-hack-template.js", hostname, 3);
            ++i;
        }
        //Make the script wait for a second before looping again.
        //Removing this line will cause an infinite loop and crash the game.
        await ns.sleep(1000);
    }
}